While presiding over the groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, Industrialisation Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed said Square Pharmaceuticals has been allocated 16 acres by the State for the factory. “Companies within the EPZ currently produce Sh70 billion worth of exports, compared to Sh48 billion in 2015. It is time, with partners such as Square Pharmaceuticals, we handled this growth,” he said. It will also manufacture drugs for the treatment of malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/Aids. “Our objective is to manufacture and supply certain World Health Organisation pre-qualified drugs, non-antibiotics, and antibiotics in this plant,” said Mr Chowdhury.

Source: Standard Digital January 08, 2018 21:00 UTC